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Could Your Closets Be
Turning Off Buyers?
Homeowners
are always looking to fine-tune the look
of their homes before they put their
house on the market. But all too often
an area that gets forgotten is the
closet.
Everyone seems to have more stuff
than ever before and a lot of that stuff
gets crammed into the closets. Then when
you list the home on the market, and Mr.
and Mrs. Buyer come to have a look, they
reach for a closet door and are greeted
with an overstuffed, unorganized mess.
The prospective buyers don't see your
valuables as prized possessions; instead
what they see is too much stuff and too
little space. Often buyers can't picture
their belongings in a home that's filled
with clutter. That's why a lot of agents
will recommend organizing, not just the
space you see immediately upon entering
the home, but also the closets.
"I think that instead of being
kind of a luxury, now it's something
that everybody thinks they need," says
Paula Gallegos, co-owner of Conejo
Closet Designs in
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Back To Basic
Home Buying Skills
Lenders
tightening their purse strings are
sending a signal to potential home
buyers to do the same.
There's really little choice.
Just as lenders make certain
mortgage applicants are gainfully
employed, are sure they can actually
afford to pay the mortgage during it's
full term, and carefully document that
buyers have the cash to cover additional
costs that come with home ownership,
potential home buyers need to get their
financial house in order as well.
If people were more responsible
for their own financial behavior, that
would have taken the power away from the
people who put them in risky loans. The
reason for all the creative financing
was because people didn't want to do the
work.
This involves hard financial work
and sacrifices many households have long
avoided.
As a carrot, keep in mind, the
benefits of owning your own home, likely
to be your most valuable asset, far
outweigh any passing pain you may endure
to achieve that goal.
Here's how to prepare for what's
become a more difficult home buying
ordeal.
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Sales Statistics for Forsyth
County GA |
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Forsyth August 2007 |
Sales |
Change |
Ave Sale Price |
Change |
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East GA - 400 |
137 |
77% |
$ 377,499 |
107% |
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West GA - 400 |
78 |
107% |
$ 316,938 |
99% |
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North |
37 |
66% |
$ 328,524 |
112% |
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252 |
82% |
$ 1,022,961 |
106% |
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Average |
84.0 |
82% |
$ 340,987 |
106% |
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Sales Statistics for North
Fulton GA |
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North Fulton August 2007 |
Sales |
Change |
Ave Sale Price |
Change |
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West GA - 400 |
110 |
62% |
$ 478,248 |
119% |
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East GA - 400 |
162 |
74% |
$ 421,878 |
98% |
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Dunwoody |
38 |
72% |
$ 441,461 |
88% |
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Sandy Springs |
18 |
47% |
$ 723,556 |
118% |
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Sandy Springs |
18 |
78% |
$ 870,183 |
114% |
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346 |
68% |
$ 2,935,326 |
108% |
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Average |
69.2 |
68% |
$ 587,065 |
108% |
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Demographic Changes That Will Impact Housing In
the Future
The
latest 1,200-table 2006 American Community
Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates key
changes in social, economic, and housing
characteristics for the nation.
As part of the Census Bureau’s
re-engineered 2010 Census, the data collected by
the ACS helps federal officials determine where
to distribute more than $300 billion to state
and local governments each year. The 2006 ACS
estimates are based on an annual, nationwide
sample of about 250,000 addresses per month. In
addition, approximately 20,000 group quarters
across the United States were sampled,
comprising approximately 200,000 residents.
Geographic areas for which data are available
are based on total
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The Real Estate Battle is
On. Low Cost Providers vs. Traditional Real
Estate Agents. Which is Better for You?
Surprising
numbers are emerging from the North Fulton and
South Forsyth real estate market. A limited
number of real estate companies are driving down
the cost of selling your home while surpassing
the sales performance of the traditional
franchise real estate agents. According to sales
data over the past 12 months from the Georgia
MLS, 3 of the top 6 real estate agents for the
South Forsyth and North Fulton area are lower
cost service providers. These low cost service
providers are selling houses quicker and for
more money than the area’s top 3 traditional
real estate agents.
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Pricing
property can be more art than
science in some of today's
markets. New home builders
probably have the easiest time
of it -- at least without
shocking the buyers -- because
everything is new. There are no
bare areas in the carpet,
fingerprints on the appliances,
nicotine stained ceiling tiles
in the rec room -- and
definitely no cat and dog odors
that are promised to be dealt
with by installing new carpet
after the buyer moves in. 
